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Vulnerable Communities Initiative Inc

EIN 86-1741069 · Atlanta, GA

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION IS TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND EQUITABLE STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY STABILIZATION, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING. In 2025: Focus on heir property policy and legal issues, with specific focus on coastal and rural communities, often in collaboration with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, the Southeast Caribbean Disaster Resilience Partnership, and coastal communities in the southeastern United States. Disaster response and disaster impacts in Southern California Technical assistance to Puerto Rico in collaboration with the Corporation for Rehabilitation of Housing (San Juan) Disaster Early Response work in Lawrence, KY Technical assistance on land banking in Brunswick, GA and Savannah-Chatham, GA Preliminary assistance to Vermont Department of Housing and Community Development on land banking and tax foreclosure reforms

Income
$144,474
Spending
$144,746
Reserves
2.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 73%
Highest pay
$95,183, chair and executive director

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (4)
  1. $90,729 spent. Center for Community Progress technical assistance on land banking, heir property policy and legal issues
  2. $22,495 spent. Lincoln Land Institute Heir Property consultation on Jan. 22-24, 2025 in Cambridge, MA
  3. $15,000 spent. Corporation for Rehabilitation of Housing (San Juan) Technical assistance to Puerto Rico residents
  4. $16,250 spent. University of Georgia EPA Consultancy

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since November 2021.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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